The Bar

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:12 am

tisha2 wrote:oh, geek.. ya big sweetie! we know whatcha mean...

Thanks, Tisha ... I feel better now ... whew.

geekster · Post by **geekster** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:18 am

Oh, and tonite is the peak of the Geminiids meteor shower so if it is halfway dark where you are and it isn't too cloudy, if you go outside about now, you should be able to see one within a rather short period of time.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:25 am

Thanks for the meteor tip Geekster. I'm headin' out in a minute to check 'em out...

We're all still recovering from Seattle SantaCon so it was an early night for ALL of us. Which reminds me of a funny story... If NOTTHAT1 comes in the bar and lights up a non-tobacco substance, tell him HE'S REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT IN BARS. ESPECIALLY NOT REAL ONES. Jeez, some people... And he's such a shy, quiet guy most (but not quite all) of the time. I was shocked! Shocked, I say!

It's weird. Little images on SantaCon are slowly coming back to me. Yeah, I handed Notthat1 my lighter and then...

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:30 am

and then...

and then???

tisha2 · Post by **tisha2** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:31 am

and then...

and then???

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:38 am

Tish honey? You're just going to have to hear the rest in person. We'll work out something...

Rob the Wop · Post by **Rob the Wop** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:46 am

Sensei wrote:Tish honey? You're just going to have to hear the rest in person. We'll work out something...

Was that when you licked your own eyebrows?

Oh shoot, I wasn't supposed to mention those OTHER talents. Never mind that last bit. Sorry Sensei.

Sensei · Post by **Sensei** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:50 am

Mr. Smart Guy wrote:Was that when you licked your own eyebrows?

No, that was not when I "licked (my) own eyebrows." That was when I used my tongue to part my hair like Bob's Big Boy, including the curly-Q-whip-de-doo thingy on my forehead.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:48 am

Well, I see I missed some fun at the LL. I too, need to get to Seattle and be sure I'm there on a Monday. Just gotta find the right conference to send me there.

I'm setting up the coffee, and then I'm out for a while.

nipples · Post by **nipples** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:48 am

~enters amid swirling tiny crystaline snowflakes, pulls tent flaps closed~

Hmmm!

The place is clean as a whistle! The place looks marvelous, tisha.

~whistles while using the three-tubbed glass brushes (in sequence) on Robs' Care Bear interior, FLUFFS, then hangs to dry by ears over fireplace~

I'll just get a cuppa that joe, thanks sputnik..... and start the fire then it's off to work, slinging cob in the trenches.
I LOVE my job!
Almost as much as I love the Borden cow that is on a can of egg-nog.... made my first ever hot-drink last night... (i have a cold)... egg nog, Yukon Jack cinnamon & nutmeg. I'm going to bring the nog-can to work & use the tin-snips to free "Elsie" from the can. She is quite the charmer!

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:52 am

i am so ready for a beer, a beach and some sun.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:21 am

Southern Beau wrote:From the mouth of babes.

???? What's he talking about? I just don't understand half of what he says. He sure does smell good though. mmm.....

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:00 am

[giggles backs up to the bar w a dumptruck load of sand and pours into forgotten corner. Comes back w a giant fancy anti-sad super bright light and installs overhead. Sets up volleyball net. throws down beach blanket, strips to bikini, and pokes around in mary poppins bag for drink umbrellas and blender]

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:03 am

WTF is going on in here, Giggles?

I'll just use the corner. No, it's cool, i'll get the drinks myself. Whaddaya want? I'm doing whiskey and coffee this morning.

Oh, and if I'm not here when miss a.g finally gets here, she's got a drink or 18 on my tab.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:09 am

[creaky old woman voice] when I was young [/creaky old woman voice], I used to religiously visit reggae night sundays at this redneck bar in LR. They had a giant indoor sand volleyball pit, and it kept me out of depression for a whole year going there and stickin my toes in hte sand.

I think a margharita this fine Tuesday morning, thanks!

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:13 am

hey, you ok, snorty?
i'll get your drink babe.

i just checked to see if i have bite marks on my neck from last night. looks like i got out alive!

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:15 am

Oh, I'm fine, just the yearly usual. Nothing I haven't seen before! Thanks for asking, sweetness and light. Mmmm, yummy margharita!

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:25 am

Sigh. I know. One of these days I might have to admit that i probably have it too. I started looking back at the last 5 years or so and when the down points have been... but through all of the drama and whatnot, I can't tell if its seasonal or not.

What else can we do for you?

How about a slip n' slide? Non-playafied, of course.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:31 am

THis is the first year I've come out and admitted the seasonal component. My life had been drastically unstable for hte past decade (!). I'm finally in a good position for myself and the girls, but here it is still......I believe I crave it, like instability. Oh, drama and excitement! Eplaya, take me away from my boring life! Yes, a slip n slide, wo a doubt! THat's what you can do for me.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:36 am

One slip-n-slide, at your disposal, darlin.
Watch the vat of whipped cream at the other side.

Yeah, it's one of those things - depression and bipolar and whatnot really do run in my family. Pretty much all of us are on drugs/were on drugs/ should be on drugs. My dad uses the sunlamp method; it's gotten things under control for him.

But then, i'm such a stickler for just 'dealing' rather than actually resorting to medically tested tactics. I find i get better at it every year...

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:39 am

....same here. It's evening out for me too. I'm exploring the gifts the change in perspective offers, and I find that fascinating, rather than just writing it all off as a problem. Persephone sisters.

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:49 am

I very much agree. Not to say it isn't difficult.

I have some friends who need their drugs to function, and I fully support their use of them. I can't do it for myself. Even before any supposed 'imbalance' cropped up, I was always a kid with extremes of emotions... granted, it got more intense, but the pharmaceuticals they dole out take away my personality. I see no point in living as someone else.

I chalk it up to 'artistic temperament,' and am learning not to inflict shit on others or myself.

When are the shrinks going to realise that human beings do have a range of emotions and aren't meant to be automatons?

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:53 am

which intoxicants are "we" referring to here?

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:56 am

Well, I have my own internal sense of what I can live w and what I can't, as far as medicine goes. I do not and will not take prescribed mental medication. I do self medicate with herbs and holistic-type medicine.

gigglesnort · Post by **gigglesnort** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 8:58 am

And beer. And margaritas on occasion. May I have another? (I put the nontobacco in the herbs category).

[Leans back in beach chair, digs toes deeper into sand......contemplates slipnslide, removes shade hat and sunglasses for full sunlamp effect]

Simply Joel · Post by **Simply Joel** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:03 am

i recently went to my physician who had prescribed a prescription cholestral lowering medicine with some side-effects... i pretty much informed i did not take prescription drugs... at which he wrote out a 'script for Omega 3 supplements and Niacin.

i wake and bake so i can stand myself... and i like beer all too much.

the other intoxicants out there... i can take or leave.. but if you decide to leave yours, i will watch over them for you or until the voices suggest i consume them (intoxicants)

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:11 am

I was referring specifically to prescribed 'anti-depressants'.

'Course, in recent years I've found that I don't medicate with much of anything. Even before the non-tobacco turned into an evil experience, i wasn't sharp enough the next day on it. Not for playing in symphonies and shit, where being 'on time' is actually quite late. I booze here and there, but really very little in the past year. I'm too used to needing to be ready to jump up and respond to whatever at any moment.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 9:31 am

Simply Joel wrote:i recently went to my physician who had prescribed a prescription cholestral lowering medicine with some side-effects... i pretty much informed i did not take prescription drugs... at which he wrote out a 'script for Omega 3 supplements and Niacin.

Omega 3 and Niacin...hmmm...I pretty much ignored the prescription too since I have absolutely no intention of not drinking (which I would have had to have done). So I changed my diet, watched my portions and exercise more.

It's after lunch, so time for a beer.

Sandwichman · Post by **Sandwichman** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:30 am

Mr Wop oh Mr Wop what is going on here...

Rian Jackson · Post by **Rian Jackson** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:34 am

damn, i missed that one. they do all the fun stuff when i sneak off to the bathroom. wtf?